Danielle Deadwyler (born May 3, 1982) is an American actress. She began her career appearing on Atlanta stage, notably the 2009 production of For Colored Girls, and made her screen debut in the 2012 drama film A Cross to Bear. She appeared in the primetime series The Haves and the Have Nots (2015–2017), the series P-Valley (2020), the miniseries Station Eleven (2021–2022), and the miniseries From Scratch (2022). Deadwyler garnered critical acclaim for starring in the western film The Harder They Fall (2021) and the biopic Till (2022). Her portrayal of Mamie Till in the latter earned her many accolades, garnering the Gotham Independent Film Award for Outstanding Lead Performance and earning BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Danielle Deadwyler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- May 3, 1982 (44)
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Actor and producer
- 22 on Motif · 33 credits in all
What are Danielle Deadwyler's films like?
Across their 12 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Genres
Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 11
Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 11
Grounded 7 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 8
Steady 2 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 2
Casual 0 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 4
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 8
A split, not a type: Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 4
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 6 of 9 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Jane Manning in Jane and Emma (2018)
- Heroas Lemon Cassidy in The Devil to Pay (2019)
- Allyas Cuffee in The Harder They Fall (2021)
- Heroas Mamie Till-Mobley in Till (2022)
- Allyas Zora Wheeler in From Scratch (2022)
- Heroas Vanessa in Parallel (2024)
- Heroas Hailey Freeman in 40 Acres (2024)
- Heroas Ramona in The Woman in the Yard (2025)
- Allyas Kim in The Saviors (2026)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet8
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Danielle Deadwyler's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 22 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Danielle Deadwyler's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
33 credits, 22 with a Motif page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Saviors(2026)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Rooster(2026)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
40 Acres(2024)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
The Woman in the Yard(2025)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Carry-On(2024)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Piano Lesson(2024)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
I Saw the TV Glow(2024)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Parallel(2024)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
From Scratch(2022)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Till(2022)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
The Bear(2022)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Station Eleven(2021)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
The Harder They Fall(2021)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The Devil to Pay(2019)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all filmsCHOR(E)S (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)
P-Valley(2020)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Paradise Lost (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)
It's Time (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2020)
FBI: Most Wanted(2020)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Black Dispatch (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)
Watchmen(2019)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Jane and Emma(2018)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Leisure Seeker(2017)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Gifted(2017)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
MacGyver(2016)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Greenleaf(2016)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
The Youth (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2015)
Sweet, Sweet Country (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2013)
A Cross to Bear (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2012)
bustitOpen (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Otis & Zelma (not in the Motif catalog yet)
The Chaperones (not in the Motif catalog yet)
The Street (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 33 titles, 28 of them dated from 2012 to 2026; peak year 2025.
Biggest box office
The Woman in the Yard (2025)
Highest rated
Till (2022)
Most popular right now
The Harder They Fall (2021)
Film career
Peak 2025 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 8 Motif titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
7 major nominations and no wins, 2023–2025.
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
+2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Supporting Performance
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Leading Actress
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
+2 other major bodies · 2 nominations
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actress
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Danielle Deadwyler's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of all 13; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th11
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
12 of their 22 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser12
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 85, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Danielle Deadwyler's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 Motif titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Danielle Deadwyler work with?
People who share at least 2 of Danielle Deadwyler's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jaume Collet-Serra shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Jaume Collet-SerraShared titles: The Woman in the Yard (2025), Carry-On (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Jaume Collet-Serra
Actors
- Theo RossiShared titles: The Saviors (2026), Carry-On (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Theo Rossi
Composers and editors
- Krisztian MajdikShared titles: The Woman in the Yard (2025), Carry-On (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Krisztian Majdik
- Lorne BalfeShared titles: The Woman in the Yard (2025), Carry-On (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Lorne Balfe
Producers
- Jazmyn TanskiShared titles: The Woman in the Yard (2025), Carry-On (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Jazmyn Tanski